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Old Feb 28, 2011 | 07:30 PM
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Unhappy Front Bumper Sag?

When i first bought my car, it was already sagging. I thought that was how the car was, but after looking around and at other CL members 2es. Mine was different . But my front bumper is sagging. Right in between the foglights, i would jst like to know if anyone has had this problem and had fixed it. I can try to get some pictures by tomorrow. Thanks in advance.
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Old Feb 28, 2011 | 07:44 PM
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mine is saggin too, i think its the center bumper support, i fixed all the plastic fasteners across the grille area and it tightened up the top half.
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Old Feb 28, 2011 | 07:52 PM
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mine is saggin too, i think its the center bumper support, i fixed all the plastic fasteners across the grille area and it tightened up the top half.
Can you still see it sagging?
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Old Feb 28, 2011 | 08:20 PM
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Probably damaged at one time, or it's just age and lack of engineering in the design of that area.

Could be easily reinforced if you really wanted to fix it.
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Old Feb 28, 2011 | 08:26 PM
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Originally Posted by Megafast13
Probably damaged at one time, or it's just age and lack of engineering in the design of that area.

Could be easily reinforced if you really wanted to fix it.
Yeah i thought the same cuhz its an old car. Would you know how to fix it?
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Old Mar 1, 2011 | 11:46 AM
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the plastic fasteners fixed the upper portion of the bumper but below the bumper opening, the lower grille area is still sagging.

i know there is a center support brace but have not had time to look at mine to see if its bent/broken.
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Old Mar 1, 2011 | 12:04 PM
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the center bumper brace needs to be removed and bent back into shape. i tried it, but my screws are rusted all out. dont feel like drilling. ASG14 knows about this. he is the one who told me about it
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Old Mar 1, 2011 | 06:38 PM
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Originally Posted by adreano17
the center bumper brace needs to be removed and bent back into shape. i tried it, but my screws are rusted all out. dont feel like drilling. ASG14 knows about this. he is the one who told me about it
Ah! Cool, ill try it soon when i got time. Thanks.
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Old Mar 12, 2011 | 04:09 PM
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mine has a slight sag, not too noticable, but i thought of using an object to prop it up straight and use a heat gun to soften it up and mold it back to shape. havent had time to try it though.
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